Yesterday, Amazon delivered a new bird book to us: Birds of New Jersey.
Looking through the waterfowl pages, we decided that we hoped to see a loon someday. This morning, an odd looking, large duck landed on the lake. Chris got the binoculars and what do you know, it was a loon. How lucky is that? Okay, it's a common loon, and our daughter Karen makes fun of us because we think the common merganser and common goldeneye are rare birds. Well, we've never seen a loon before, common or not, so we took a few photos. This is the best, but it's a grey bird on a grey lake and a grey day.
I'm really enjoying this site. Great pics! Who knew there were so many cool birds in Jersey. Not me!
ReplyDeleteI like the name loon. It has a nice necklace too.
ReplyDeleteI have heard a lovely bird call coming from the marsh behind our house a few years - and just tonight by listening to online recordings identified it as a common loon. I've never seen it - and never knew they lived in NJ.
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